<s>
CVIPtools	B-Application
(	O
Computer	O
Vision	O
and	O
Image	O
Processing	O
Tools	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
Open	O
Source	O
image	O
processing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CVIPtools	B-Application
can	O
read	O
many	O
image	O
formats	O
including	O
TIFF	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
raw	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CVIPtools	B-Application
supports	O
standard	O
image	O
processing	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
image	O
compression	O
,	O
image	B-Algorithm
restoration	I-Algorithm
,	O
logical	O
and	O
arithmetical	O
operations	O
between	O
images	O
,	O
contrast	O
manipulation	O
,	O
image	O
sharpening	O
,	O
Frequency	B-Algorithm
transform	I-Algorithm
,	O
edge	O
detection	O
,	O
segmentation	O
and	O
geometric	O
transformations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
function	O
of	O
this	O
tool	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
explore	O
many	O
more	O
algorithmic	O
possibilities	O
than	O
can	O
be	O
considered	O
by	O
processing	O
one	O
image	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
with	O
CVIPtools	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
function	O
of	O
this	O
tool	O
is	O
to	O
explore	O
feature	O
extraction	O
and	O
pattern	O
classification	O
and	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
perform	O
batch	O
processing	O
with	O
large	O
image	O
sets	O
and	O
is	O
thus	O
much	O
more	O
efficient	O
than	O
processing	O
one	O
image	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
with	O
CVIPtools	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
masks	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
manually	O
with	O
CVIPtools	B-Application
,	O
or	O
,	O
many	O
image	O
database	O
applications	O
will	O
have	O
the	O
masks	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
